Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Configuration, Command, and File Reference

Figure 2.1. Directory Information Tree Showing Configuration Data

1.1. LDIF and Schema Configuration Files

The Directory Server configuration data is automatically output to files in LDIF format that are

located in the /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/ldif directory on Red Hat Enterprise

Linux and Solaris and /var/opt/dirsrv/slapd-serverID/ldif on HP-UX. Thus, if a server

identifier is phonebook, then for a Directory Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the

configuration LDIF files are all stored under /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-phonebook/ldif.

This directory also contains other server instance-specific configuration files.

Schema configuration is also stored in LDIF format, and these files are located in

/etc/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/schema.

The following table lists all of the configuration files that are supplied with the Directory Server,

including those for the schema of other compatible servers. Each file is preceded by a number

which indicates the order in which they should be loaded (in ascending numerical and then

alphabetical order).

Configuration Filename Purpose

dse.ldif Contains front-end Directory Specific Entries

created by the directory at server startup.

These include the Root DSE ("") and the

contents of cn=config and cn=monitor (acis

only).

00core.ldif Contains only those schema definitions

necessary for starting the server with the bare

minimum feature set (no user schema, no

schema for any non-core features). The rest

of the schema used by users, features, and

applications is found in 01common.ldif and

the other schema files. Do not modify this file.

Chapter 2. Core Server Configuration Reference